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Perspectives with Curt Smith - Politics, Hockey and Education

Sat, 04/18/2009 - 2:00pm

Perspectives' Curt Smith

On Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m. on AM1370/HD91.5 Perspectives with Curt Smithdescribes April showers: several things that currently rain on Upstate New York's parade. Bob McCarthy, the popular columnist of the Buffalo News, examines the Empire State's increasingly dysfunctional Democrat and Republican politics. Pete Weber is the former Voice of the National Hockey League Buffalo Sabres and currently Nashville Predators. With the Sabres and American Hockey League Rochester Americans missing the playoffs, he notes how hard it is to be a hockey fan, now that April's here. Ronald Rochon is Dean of Buffalo State College's School of Education and Associate Vice-President of Teacher Education. He details the Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education. Its goal: Help students who are often overlooked.